So Thankful

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I want to.

Norman Rockwell

 For the words of kindness we say

and our right to say them

I am thankful

For the words we pray 

and our right to pray them

I am thankful

For the wrongs we have righted

The hope we have ignited

And the hope we still have in our hearts to give

 

And for those who remember who we are

I am thankful

and that's poetiquejustis

Thank you, Lord

 

Over the Top

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life

 as by the obstacle that one has overcome.

Booker T Washington

No matter where you started this  year

No matter where you end

If you have traveled well

If you have helped your fellow man

If you have built your life on truth

If you have given more happiness than you have received

The YOU are overcoming the greatest obstacles of life

    

And you ARE succeeding

And that's poetiquejustis

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,

 but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Philippians 2:3

 

Right on Target

We aim above the mark

to hit the mark

R W Emerson

We try to love a little more than we need to

                     we send out more smiles and kind words and deeds
                                               than we feel like sending

We may not always hit the mark

But at least we care enough to aim

and sometimes, that is all that is asked of us.

and that's poetiquejustis

Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
                                         2 Corinthians 3:11

 

Belonging

There is nothing more precious in this world
than the feeling of being wanted

Diana Dors

To belong

To be welcome

To have the chance to dream

To have the right to know and be a part of something larger then yourself

To know your mind and speak it

To have a place to call home

These are the things that everyone wants 

These are the things everyone needs

That's not so much to ask

and that's poetiquejustis 

Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, 

And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places

Isaiah 32:18

 

Warming Thoughts

Someone is boring me. I think it is me. 

Dylan Thomas

 

There are days I look at my life and say "ho-hum'. 

 

 

To quote the writing team of Fox and Gimbel "my life goes along as it should"...

 Like the cozy house I have with all the requisite hot and cold amenities

that I take for granted

Until I looked at the numbers:

1.1 billion people do not have access to electricity

 

1.6 billion people lack adequate housing

 

35% of the world's population does not have fresh water

 

6.3 million people are refugees

 

 Maybe my life is more unique than I realize!

 

After I say "Thank You!"

I hope I say

"How can I help others be blessed with a ho-hum life?"

and that's poetiquejustis

If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.

I John 3:17

 

Good Golly!

You're a good man, Charlie Brown 

Charles Schultz

So, what exactly does it take to be a good person?

Well, here is my short list...

You are a good person if....

You fill up the empty water dish for the dog....

Give the guy on the street a few bucks to eat

and he is a good guy

when he shares it

You are a good guy

if you smile when you see a daisy

 (did you smile?)

You are a good guy if

You eat the meat loaf even if it is not "just like mom's"

 That's the good person short list

feel free to add your own

and that's poetiquejustis

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart

Luke 6:45

 

What Do You Make of It?

 

Life is what you make it. Always was- always will be

Grandma Moses

Make the best of it

Make the most of it

Make it up as you go along

But make it the best day

The best moment

The best life

That you can

and that's poetiquejustis

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

 1 Peter 4:10

Day In and Day Out

He harvested the timber but forgot to replant the forest

Ken Follett

The Fall of Giants

Open mouth

Insert coffee

Hit the ground

Start running

Face email after email

Deliver answers and solutions

Hour after hour

Day after day

When are you going to "replant the forest" and give yourself some time 

to grow?

 and that's poetiquejustis

Psalms 55:6 

And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!  I would fly away and be at rest